The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made cisco for thirty San Francisco southwest wind. o TEE WEATKESR. midnight. April 28, 1904: Clondy, warmer Thursday; light A G District Porecaster. &t San Fran- hours ending and vietnity— McADIE, Central—“The ay. e ——— Aloasar—“The New Clown.”™ California—*“A Girl Prom Dixle.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—‘“Running for Pischer's—“Chow-Chow.” Grand—*“Fiddle-Dee-Dee.” Majestic—“The Crisis.” fi;i.‘m—'mm- Matinee Tivoll—“When Marching Home.” ofce Johnny Comes SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIANS REPULSE JAPANESE ATTACK ON THE YALU LIAOYANG, April 27.—The Japanese troops which crossed the Yalu north of Tchangdjou charged, during the night of April 26-27, the Russian position near Lizavena, ige on the Manchur ba ian bank of the Yalu. They were repulsed, but their loss is not known. tterv opened fire upon them, resulting in a duel which lasted for twenty minutes. Two gunboats steamed up the river to the support of the Japanese. The Russian fire was too hot and the gunboats were forced to steam out of range A Russian — T SIENT L1, RULE CANAL ZONE Senate and House Conferees Are Agreed. Making Executive’s Authority More Specific Will Be Passed. SRR Complete Jurisdiction Over the Territory Traversed by the Waterway, ) Gives Him ouisiana pur- e the canal s the Pres- the CANAL PAPERS RECEIVED. United States » already been ned over to them and that the pur-" of $40,000,000 has been ad- the canal company by a syndicate of b rs syndicate, it is understood, of- pay the money with a expediting the consummation sale on the assurance of the y General that the draft of the the United States for the s would be honored on pre- at the Treasury at Wash- over e the money was paid over n al company ke of the engineer corps ¥y, now in Colon, was ad- zed to formally receive the prop- ‘ on the Isthmus of Panama in the United States. Whether this transfer has actually been made by the Republic of Panama the De- partment of Justice has not yet been advised, but it is assumed it will be made within a day or two. Day and Russell are expected to re- turn to Washington within the next ten days, and will bring with them the Gitie deeds of the canal property. Paris Major | 'FEDERAL PRISON HOLDS ’ FORMER MEXICAN CONSUL ON A CHARGE OF THEFT AT EL A AaS R QUEZ - - e Enriquez Is Accused of Stealing Funds of Consulate. P A startling piece of news was con- veyed to the local Mexiomn colony yes- terday In the announcement that Rafael de 2Zayas Enriquez, former Mexican Consul General at San Fran- cisco, anguishing in the Federal prison with the embe of funds of the His peculations, received here , amount ed Possibly be four riquez, as a poet, , & writer of history and , who served several terms nate of Mexico, has enjoyed ble reputation in the c, and that he should envia uk to disgrace with the trust- President of Mexico, at whose in- on he was arrested a few days hi caused no end of surprise countrymen, both in that i in this city. He was ap- pointed ( ul General at this port by President Diaz shortly -after sudden and mysterious departure of Consul General A. K. Coney, and he entered on his duties here in January last amidst general auguries for a suc- cessful career at his new post FAMILY VENTURES FAIL. At that time the local colony was rent by dissension, a condition that was at- tributed to the unpopularity of predecessor, and the first move of the new Consul General was in the direction of uniting his countrymen in a general plan for bettering their condition in San Francisco. He pro- jected many innovations; but, forssome strange reason, they did not meet with the support ef the Mexicans here, and finally matters lapsed into the former rut and little was heard of the new official. Meanwhile two of his sons, both of recognized ability as artists, arrived here from Mexico and pro- ceeded to install themselves in the Bo- hemian rookeries on the borders of the Latin quarter, under the shadow of the Hall of Justice. \It soon became known, however, that the junior Enrjquezs were not meeting with much success in San Francisco and that their father was also experiencing some difficulty in making both ends meet. An attempt of the sons to issue a monthly magazine devoted to descriptive and illustrative articles on Old Mexico proved a miser- able failure, and the life of the peri- odical terminated on its third issue leaving both sons and father in an e tremely embarrassing position finan- cially. About four weeks ago it became noised about that Consul General de Zayas Enriquez and his sons were missing, and hardly had the fact that they had left the city become known before ugly stories were in circulation relative to alleged irregularities in the accounts of the Consulate. SECRET AGENTS AT WORK. It has since developed that these ir- regularities were d overed by agents | of the Mexican Government secretly ) sent here to investigate, and the fact was communicated to Minister Mariscal {of the Department of Foreign Rela- | tions. When President Diaz was mado aware of the fact that his confidence had again Deen abused by his ‘epr:- | sentative in San Francisco, he decided | to make an example of the accused and instructed his Minister to secure the ar- rest of Enriquez. To have attempted the arrest of the Consul General in tnis stigat he Mexican capital, charged | to| int is unac- ; basis | the | Enri- | e e MEXICAN CONSUL AT L TTY WHO HAS BEEN AR. D FOR EMBE: — 2 would have involved much unds- | the Foreign De- | partment of the Government and a| | great deal of expense and trouble. { Appreciating this fact, the Minister | of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, with the | approval of President Diaz, is said to bave invited Consul General Enriquez | to return home under the pretext that | | his advice was wanted on certain mat- | ters then under consideration of the Cabinet. Never suspecting.that a trap had been laid for him, the Consul Gen- | eral hurried to Mexico and had hardly | crossed the border before some friend linfSrmed him that his arrest was to be effected. Realizing the fact| that his misconduct in office had been city sired notoriety for discovered, Enriquez, instead of golng‘ direct to the City of Mexico, wént into | | hiding. In the meantime, so the story | | goes, his sons had received a warning | |and promptly left this city. ST IS EFFECTED. Diaz ‘When President learned Enriquez had arrived on Mexican soil | 2nd was hiding he instructed Minister | Mariscal to publicly proclaim Enriquez a fugitive and to have him captured | by the secret service agents of the Government. This was done a few days |ago and thereupon the warrant charg- |ing Enriquez with the misappropria- { tion of public funds and signed by the | chief of the Department of Foreign Re- | 1ations was made effective. According to the advices received | yesterday from the City of Mexico he is charged with having taken for his |own use more than $5000 gold, or, as 1s | specifically set forth in the warrant ox | which he was arrested, $5407 21, from | | the surplus funds of the consulate in | [this city. Considering the fact = that | Enriquez was only in charge of the |local consulate for'a very short time {ana left this city owing many hun- | dreds of dollars, the members of the local colony of Mexicans are at a loss for suggestion as to what he used the | money for, unless he was inveigled |into some unfortunate private under- taking. The consulate at this port has {always been a paying one in the matter of fees. In view of its convenient lo- lmlion to the Orient and the British provinces it has been a practice of the that | Mexican Government to permit all moneys collected there to remain in charge of the Consul General, upon whom the Government has drawn whenever it desired to meet ordinary obligations in China, Japan or in the north. This fund has generally | amounted to between $10,000 and $20,.- 000 and seemingly has been a great temptation to its custodians. CONSULATE HEARS NEWS. Yesterday's advices from the City of Meixico state that Enriquez's friends in that city have been bringing influ- ence to bear on President Diaz to per- suade him to release Enriquez and give him a chance to make good the amount of his defalcations, but the President has discouraged all interfer- ence and announced that he purposes to make an example of the disgraced consular representative. The Presi- SUBVARIY BOAT SINKS TRANSPORT Reported Loss of Six Hundred Jap- | anese. —_— \Vessel Is Attacked While Conveying Troops to Coast of Korea. iBrown Men Blow Up a Portion of the Manchurian Railroad Near Town : of Khailar. PARIS,April28.—The St. Petersburg corre- spondent of the Journal reports that a Russian submarine boat has sunk a Japanese trans- port which was convey- ing 600 men to Korea, and that all the troops were _|ost. s KORSAKORSK, Island of Saghalien, April 27.—A British steamship arrived here to-day to remove the Japanese who are still on the island. LONDON, April 28.—The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Irkutsk, Siberia, under yester- day's date, says that the Japanese have blown up a portion of the railway at Khailar, but that the resultant damage is insignificant. 1t is announced from Shanghai this morning that the third Jap- anese army, now mobilizing, comprise the Fifth Division from Hiroshama, the Tenth from Hin- ieju and the Eleventh from Zent- suuji. Preparations are on foot to mobilize a fourth army should it become necessary. The destination of these armies is a matter of considerable.spec- ulation here, though it is supposed that it may be the intention to use them against Vladivostok or Port | Arthur. The Tientsin correspondent of the Standard sends a report that 4000 Russians are harassing the Chinese villages west of the Shaungtaitu River, midway be- tween Chinchau and Yinkow. The Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the Russians are constructing pontoon bridges across the Liao River twenty miles above Tinchwang- | tai. The correspondent of the Standard at Chefu says he learns that both banks of the Liao River have been strongly fortified, and he estimates that a hundred guns | have been mounted. —_— ‘War News Continued on Page 2. +- dent’s stand, says the information, has trought upon him commendation from the highest sources for his fearless prosecution of a man who has moved in the highest social and political circles of the republic. At the local consulate, where a new Congul General, Cayetano Romero, has just taken charge, the news of Fn- riquez’s arrest in Mexico was received yesterday with a showing of indiffer- ence. The information was confirmed, but the new Consul General and his as- sistant, Gustave Levy, declared that they were not in a position to discuss the matter. | will | —+| |CRUISER 'CAL‘IFORNIA WILL GLIDE MAJESTICALLY FROM DRYDOCK AT UNION IRON WORKS THIS MORNING — % - SPLENDID SHIP OF WAR THAT WILL DAUGHTER OF THE, CHIEF EXI STAY BLOCK FALLS. GLIDE FROM THE WAYS AT THE UNION IRON WORKS TO-DAY. AND PRETTY “CUTIVE OF THE STATE WHO WILL CHRISTEN THE VESSEL AS THE LAST | HARRDANS SPRCIAL - GRAVEPERIL Pilot Engine Lost in “Sink” on Lucin Specfal Dispatch to The Call OGDEN, Utah, April 27.—It was| learned to-day that the pilot engine on the Harriman spectal was nearly | lost in the sink on the Ogden-Lucin cut- off yesterday, and the train itself came altogether too near peril to suit the occupants. Every effort was made by the Southern Pacific officials to sup- press the fact, but the story came out to-day when a wrecking crew was ! sent to raise the locomotive from the place where it had sunk. It is report- ed that the engine was partially under water, although this cannot be fully verified. It is known, however, that | the sink in the track was so serious | that the train could not get past it. The special was obliged to go back { by way of Lucin and come over the old line north of the lake. This caused a delay of eleven hours. The train did not arrive here until late last night. The following were on the Harriman train: James Stillman, president Na- tional City Bank, New York; W. G. | Rockefeller, son of William Rocke- feller; Whitney Warren, railroad ar- chite: Robert Goelet, . the million- aire; J. H. Hill, son of President J. J. Hill of the Northern Securities Com- pany; Caspard Farrer. London, Eng- land, of Baring Bros., the English bankers, and W. V. S. Thorn, director purchaser of Harriman roads. | into the water for the first time. Fete Day Planned in Honor of Launching. The cruiser California, the first. of TUncle Sam’s fleet of warships to bear the name of the Golden State, will glide into the bay from the drydock of the | Union Iron Works at 10:40 o'clock this morning. The day will be memorable, because gayly bedecked crafts of every description will toot a welcome to the latest addition of the fleet as she glides majestically into the waters of the bay, and State and city will rejoice in the | event. Preparations have long been under way for the launching of the State's representative war craft. Officials from State, city and nation will wave a wel- come to the California when she glides The Native Sons and Daughters will cele- brate the event in a befitting manner, and several hundred members of the | two societies will number among those present at the launching. Miss Florence Mary Pardee, the fair young daughter of the Governor, has been selected to break the bottle of wine over the prow of the vessel and pronounce the weords that will baptize her. Mrs. Walter 8. Martin, daughter of Henry T. Scott of the Union Iron ‘Works, will press the button that sets the machinery 'in motion for the ship to glide into the bay. The Native Sons, now in session at Vallejo, will be borne to the scene of the launching in the fleet steamer H. J. Corcoran. The Native Daughters have chartered the steamers San Pablo and Amador for the occasion. The com- | mittee in charge of the launching will occupy the steamer Piedmont. The sturdy tug Slocum will convey Governor Pardee and his staff, the Mayor and the city officials and Major General MacArthur and his staff to the scene of the launching. The officers of the State Naval Militia will also be on board the Slocum. The Board of Education has declared a half-holiday in the schools of the city this morning, so that all the children may have a - chance to witness the _Oonfllynedoul’l‘v’.(bhmf MRS, FAIRS HEIRS GET ST Terms of the Settle- ment Now Being - - Arranged. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 27.—It is reported | here that the terms of the compromise | between Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs. Willlam K. Vanderbilt Jr. with the relatives of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair, which was exclusively an- nounced in The Call, are as follows: | Hannah and Abraham Nelson. repre- | senting the heirs of Caroline Fair, have accepted $250,000 in cash. Besides this | sum the Nelsons, it is said, will event- | ually receive $100,000. As they received $425,000 in September, 1902, the total | inheritance amounts to nearly $775,000, | exclusive of the personal property left | by Caroline Fair, which is estimated at | between $50,000 and $60,000. | | This final settlement is in acco e | with an iron-bound agreement ich the Nelsons signed three weeks ago not to offer any further obstacle to a com- plete and final settlement. ———— Placed on Trial for His Life. WOODLAND, April 27.—The trial of James McRoberts, who stabbed and killed John Murphy at Dunnigan dur- ing a quarrel over the payment for a round of drinks, will probably be a long one. The taking of testimony was begun to-day, but little headway was made. There are about forty witnesses to be examined.